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2014-03-18
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With the proliferation of pork bone soup based ramen shops popping up all over Hong Kong like bad teenage acne and zits, it is still nice that you can find a restaurant like this, one can only hope that it will stay in place and perhaps continue to improve. Heaven knows we will eventually be miserable in the future with way too much tonkotsu ramen around.What to get here? Well for a first timer like me, and if you are really in the mood, it seems that soba is the best bet. Of course there are ot
With the proliferation of pork bone soup based ramen shops popping up all over Hong Kong like bad teenage acne and zits, it is still nice that you can find a restaurant like this, one can only hope that it will stay in place and perhaps continue to improve. Heaven knows we will eventually be miserable in the future with way too much tonkotsu ramen around.What to get here? Well for a first timer like me, and if you are really in the mood, it seems that soba is the best bet. Of course there are other dishes on the menu should you feeling like having some izakaya tapas/snacks.
After a rather lackluster and disappointing visit with the fresh hand cut soba at Gonpachi Causeway Bay, Kurotaki was a nice change of pace.
Four types of soba offered, and unfortunately I did not take great notes. But the trio/combo works great...except the one I really wanted to try (premium soba) is not part of the trio (no substitutions allowed).
Of the three, I think I liked the Inaka soba the best. Standard color and texture with a darker shade of brown. The others were good but not earth shattering.
The tsuyu dip sauce, I would have to agree with my friend....while it is better than the store bought bottles used by restaurants in the USA, it could have been better if they seasoned it in further in house. Maybe a stronger and smokier katsuobushi presence? But the soba-yu was delicious...especially if mixed in with some tsuyu for a warm refreshing broth after having the cold noodles.
Overall the soba tasted like they were from refrigerated packets, maybe shipped in from Japan, rather than made in house. There could also be a consistency issue as well. But the overall experience on the soba alone, was more pleasing than Gonpachi's soba (perhaps my bad luck of the draw).
I'll gladly come back here instead of lining up 2 hours at Butao :-o
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